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Why? That's literally the pretext for any charity.

• constantcrying 4y ago
  >Why? Because it is a complete and utter lie. The Wikimedia foundation is extremely wealthy and under no financial stress. They Have hundreds of millions in assets[0]. A charity should be honest and open about what they are doing with the money they are taking. Wikimedia foundation isn't and is fundraising as if they were about to go under. [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/26/Wikimedia_Foundation_FY2021-2022_Audit_Report.pdf https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/2/26/Wikim...
  • ravenstine 4y ago
    Even if they were totally open about it, they would almost certainly use that same tactic. I once worked in public media, at a 501 (c) 3, and they too would pull the "everything stops if not enough people donate" scheme. And I believed it, that is until I learned that they were flush with cash and made the majority of their revenue from super wealthy people looking for a tax break. Something tells me this isn't uncommon, because it's a legal and effective grift. It's not the donations that are the problem, but the pure bullshit narrative to fleece people a few times every year.
    • constantcrying 4y ago
      >It's not the donations that are the problem, but the pure bullshit narrative to fleece people a few times every year. Exactly. Their message is alarmist, as if they couldn't stay afloat. Most people believe it, I certainly did. And it seems reasonable, it is a gigantic and totally add free site, how could they not be facing financial troubles? But they aren't and if they want to fund vanity projects, they should advertise that they are doing exactly that.